| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: there were no houses, and where the ferryman was waiting for them. The
Doctor and the stranger were talking together, not in Latin nor in any
Gallic tongue, but in an unknown language, and very gravely. They
pointed with their hands now to heaven and now to the earth. Sigier,
to whom the paths by the river were familiar, guided the venerable
stranger with particular care to the narrow planks which here and
there bridged the mud; the following watched them inquisitively; and
some of the students envied the privileged boy who might walk with
these two great masters of speech. Finally, the Doctor took leave of
the stranger, and the ferry-boat pushed off.
At the moment when the boat was afloat on the wide river,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: strong pieces of tobacco-pipe with the
force of his middle finger, having laid them
on the first and third finger.
3. Having thrust under his garter the
bowl of a strong tobacco-pipe, his legs being
bent, he broke it to pieces by the tendons
of his hams, without altering the
bending of his leg.
4. He broke such another bowl between
his first and second finger, by pressing his
fingers together side-ways.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: that ghost saved me from a spear thrust in the heart, wherewith
Cetewayo was minded to pay me for showing him a hiding-place
which he desired should be secret to himself alone. Well, well,
I can pay as well as Cetewayo and my count is longer. Now lie
you still, Macumazahn, for I go out to watch. He will not bide
long in this place which he deems haunted and ill-omened. He
will be gone ere sunset, that is within an hour, and sleep
elsewhere."
Then he crept from the hut and presently, though I could see
nothing, for now the gate of the fence was shut, I heard voices
debating and finally that of Cetewayo say angrily--
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